Don’t Let Role of Information Security Policies in the Arthur Andersen/Enron Case Go Without Mention to your Chief Executive Officer

Us information security specialists have long been viewed by top management as technicians who should rightfully labour in the remote and isolated offices of the organization. This viewpoint is dangerously out of touch with the times. Information security is absolutely critical to every modern organization, and it is a multi-disciplinary, multi-departmental, and multi-organizational issue which must get top management’s personal attention.